Luis

Verdiales, Jr.

Name: Luis Rafael Verdiales, Jr.

Team: Team Florida Volusia County

Coach:  Thomas Bennett

Hometown:  Port Orange, Fla.

Birth Place :  Kissimmee, Fla.

Current Residence:  Port Orange, Fla.

Year of birth: 1995

Weight class:  69kg

Height:  5-6

What year did you being lifting?  2011

How did you get involved?  Joined my high school weightlifting team in 2010, loved it and decided to join my town’s team

Favorite Competition Lift?  Clean & Jerk

Favorite Training Lift?  Back/Front Squats

Education:  High school- 2013

Personal Goals: To break the junior 69 kg weight class C & J record

Favorite Food:  Steak

Favorite TV Show: Dragon Ball Z

Favorite Song: “Lost In The Echo” by Linkin Park

Hobbies/Interested outside of weightlifting:  Working on cars, mainly Porsches. They're by far my favorite car manufacture. I also like airplanes and flying them.

Most people don’t know that…. I really love the old Disney movies because it reminds me of the good old days